How much do used AR-15's cost?

[Dallas Jack]

Try J&T Distributing. ( www.jtdistributing.com ) I bought a 16" CAR kit for $469.95. This was a complete gun minus stripped lower.

I also bought thier stripped lower for $124.95 (lots of cheaper lowers out there) and assembled it myself. Assembly required no special tools. Couple of punches, a small hammer and a pair of needle nose is all I used.

Total $594.90 Plus S&H and FFL.



Dallas Jack

 

[funfaler]

I have had the chance to put together J&T and Model 1 kits, they are about the same.

Putting together a kit is not "building" a gun, but just putting some parts together. Pretty easy, no special tools and straight forward.

If someone is looking for a standard A2 type AR with a fixed carry handle, then it might be better to buy an assembled gun from Bushmaster or someone. However, if you want any kind of specialty gun, say flat-top, flat top gas block, light barrel, or such, then you can save some $$ by getting a kit and putting it together.

Get the AGI AR videos, they will give you all the info that you will need to put a Kit together.

 

[Texas_XD]

If someone is looking for a standard A2 type AR with a fixed carry handle, then it might be better to buy an assembled gun from Bushmaster or someone.

Forgive my ignorance, but why? I was looking at the site posted above, J&T, and saw they offer your choice between flat-top and A2 along with your choice of buttstock. Are they more difficult to assemble or something? I am looking also for my 1st AR type weapon and the CAR-15's style appeal to me. So does the "some assembly required" part.. it looks like I can use that $460 kit and a Stag lower, $100, and be off to the races unless I am way off base? My budget does not allow $800+ at the moment but maybe with a few sacrifices I can barely squeeze out $600 including transfer.. making this look like the best option for me.

 

[NoHarmNoFAL]

I built one yesterday as a matter of fact.

$36 for parts kit (w/o hammer & trigger parts) Rock River kit. (Adco)
$120 for bolt & carrier Rock River (Adco)
$120 for Rock River Receiver (Gun shop, paid way too much too)
$215 for Colt A1 slab side upper.(Ar15.com Equipment Exchange)
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$491

I had a hammer and trigger from another upgrade I did earlier.

This is going to be a 22LR platform but I want to be able to shoot 5.56 too.

 

[nico]

Forgive my ignorance, but why? I was looking at the site posted above, J&T, and saw they offer your choice between flat-top and A2 along with your choice of buttstock. Are they more difficult to assemble or something? I am looking also for my 1st AR type weapon and the CAR-15's style appeal to me. So does the "some assembly required" part.. it looks like I can use that $460 kit and a Stag lower, $100, and be off to the races unless I am way off base? My budget does not allow $800+ at the moment but maybe with a few sacrifices I can barely squeeze out $600 including transfer.. making this look like the best option for me.

If budget is a major issue, then a kit from Del-Ton or J&T is definitely the way to go. You might also look at model1sales, but they seem to have spotty service, whereas the other two are known for having great service.

If you want a 16" barrel, there's no reason not to get a midlength. It has a few advantages and no disadvantages over the carbine length guns. A stag, Essential Arms, etc. lower and a Del-Ton kit is definitely the cheapest way to get a midlength.

A lot of people will say to get a flat top whether you want to use a scope or not. Iron sights can be mounted on a flat top and work just fine, but it's much better if you eventually decide to get a scope. You'll pay a little more up front for the rear sight (YHM's is the cheapest at ~$55 from rbprecision.com), but it's a lot cheaper than buying a new upper receiver down the road.